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Oct 14, 2026
Scott SwitzerHOST
Sure.
CoreyHOST
Huge thank you to Eric Mackey, listener of the show.
CoreyHOST
Um, got me the opportunity to buy some front row tickets to see the Bears and the Packers at Lambeau.
CoreyHOST
Hosted my wife and I, him and his son Austin.
24 MINS LATER
CoreyHOST
Yeah, it is.
CoreyHOST
So it's not, it's...
CoreyHOST
Eric Mackey and I talked about this almost the whole, like, way home from Green Bay.
CoreyHOST
Like, this whole thing where people are not outraged for themselves, they're outri- raged for others.
Jamie LatimerHOST
[clears throat] Just me.
Jamie LatimerHOST
What's up, chat? How was everyone's weekend? Anybody do anything extra fun? Big games? Wins, losses? I'm guessing Eric Mackey was thrilled, Scott was sad.
Jamie LatimerHOST
Great weekend, Craig.
Jamie LatimerHOST
Craig, who's your team? Okay, now-
Amy Beth ShaverHOST
But it's about Alabama, and it's about the fact that preliminary enrollment figures for the '25, '26 school year showed about 702,000 students enrolled in Alabama public schools, a decline of roughly 12,000 students from the previous year.
Amy Beth ShaverHOST
And the state superintendent, Eric Mackey, told the Alabama State Board of Education, they told him Thursday the decline more than doubles the previous year's record-setting enrollment loss of about 5,800 students.
Amy Beth ShaverHOST
It turns out this year's loss is more than double or essentially double what last year's was.
Amy Beth ShaverHOST
The enrollment decrease appears to be affecting districts across Alabama, including some of the state's fastest growing communities.
Amy Beth ShaverHOST
I'm sure.
Amy Beth ShaverHOST
Because they're saying it's because there are fewer children being born, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Amy Beth ShaverHOST
Okay? But here's the other part that I went through this weekend and I thought, I wonder why, with the decline of 12,000 kids, why our schools and our state superintendent wouldn't say, "Hmm, we're not gonna blame it on declining birth rates.
Amy Beth ShaverHOST
We're not gonna maybe just blame it on parents taking their children out and using CHOOSE Act monies.
Scott StadhagenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Go knock yourself out, right? [laughing] But when you want to do it in front of a kid, and minors, in a sexual explicit manner, I got a problem with that.
Andrea TiceHOST
Alabama School Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey is making a statement regarding high school computer science curriculum that has been incorporating diversity, race, equity, and sexual orientation content as it teaches the students about computer science.
Andrea TiceHOST
This curriculum is being offered to ninth and 10th graders as part of the foundational computer science concepts, even though it still incorporates social, gender, and sexuality issues.
Andrea TiceHOST
Mackey told 1819 News that this program is coming out of Tuskegee University and has been approved by the Governor's Advisory Council.
Andrea TiceHOST
He didn't want to address the specific issues found within this curriculum but did say that the State Education Board does not want things to cause division within a school or school system, and he said the Computer Science Advisory Council that approved this curriculum needs to look at how the program was reviewed and approved.
Andrea TiceHOST
Federal officers were in Mobile last week, where two non-US citizens were arrested and charged for voting in federal elections.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Number six.
Dale JacksonHOST
State Superintendent Eric Mackey last week, uh, came out and, uh, complained a- about Alabama students leaving the education system in the state.
Dale JacksonHOST
A- And I've read an awful lot about this this weekend wh- where people think that, I guess, demonizing parents who make this choice for their kids i- is the way to get them back into schools.
Dale JacksonHOST
I don't think that's the case.
Dale JacksonHOST
Number six
Dale JacksonHOST
State Superintendent Eric Mackey last week, uh, came out and, uh, complained, uh, about Alabama students leaving the education system in the state.
Dale JacksonHOST
A- and I've read an awful lot about this this weekend, uh, where people think that, I guess, demonizing parents who make this choice for their kids i- is the way to get 'em back into schools.
Dale JacksonHOST
I don't think that's the case.
Andrea TiceHOST
12,000 students who were previously enrolled in a K through 12 public school are not enrolled this year, which is double the number from last year.
Andrea TiceHOST
State School Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey says this is definitely going to impact the school budget as well as number of teachers assigned to each school.
Andrea TiceHOST
The largest reported loss of regular enrollment in public schools occurred in Jefferson County.
Andrea TiceHOST
The state is also reporting that 13,400 students have applied for homeschooling this year.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Number three.
Dale JacksonHOST
Uh, Alabama Education Superintendent Eric Mackey offered up some good news.
Dale JacksonHOST
I mean, not good news for him, good news for you, good news for the state, good news for students.
Dale JacksonHOST
A K through 12 enrollment fell by 12,000 students, more than double last year's drop of 5,300 students.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Number three.
Dale JacksonHOST
Alabama Education Superintendent Eric Mackey offered up some good news.
Dale JacksonHOST
I mean, not good news for him.
Dale JacksonHOST
Good news for you.
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